Allen is a longtime donor and member of the organization, which was founded by William Pierce, the author of a novel that served as a blueprint for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. What they missed is especially surprising since the city remains at the center of a national debate over police violence.
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“None of the historical facts and alleged facts recently publicized about Mr. Allen’s political views and affiliations were disclosed or discussed when his contract was agreed to”, read the statement.
“Our investigation found that Baltimore is a city where the bonds of trust have been broken, and that the Baltimore Police Department engaged in a pattern or practise of unlawful and unconstitutional conduct, ranging from the use of excessive force to unjustified stops, seizures and arrests”, said Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
“Allen’s history with organized racism and anti-Semitism is deep”. He told the New York Daily News he distanced himself from the group back in the ’80s.
Allen admits he joined the National Alliance because, “I was in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1982 and I had some pretty very bad experiences with black people there, to be honest”. His contract was revoked after the Southern Poverty Law Center published a report saying he had been a dues-paying member of the National Alliance. Records also reveal Allen’s contributions to and presumed leadership with the American Eagle Party, whose leader Merlin Miller spoke about 9/11 conspiracies on Iranian television.
The Southern Poverty Law Center considers the party leadership white supremacists.
While Allen has now come out to say he is “not comfortable with the strident, aggressive and categorical approach that the National Alliance takes to ethnic and political issues”, and that his “crazy ideas” don’t affect his work, when asked whether he is a white supremacist, Allen’s answer is a bit more ambiguous.
Allen does not appear to be involved in the Gray case, but is listed as an attorney for the Baltimore City Law Department in its defense against the 2015 lawsuit of Sabein Burgess, who served almost two decades in prison and says police fabricated evidence.
A Baltimore attorney with neo-Nazi ties has been terminated amid concerns about his background in a city gripped by racial tension.
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A spokesperson for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake told The Baltimore Sun that the city cancelled its contract with Glen Keith Allen. “I am pleased that Mr. Allen’s contract with the City of Baltimore has been terminated”.
